Converting Bitmap Image Sequences To Flash
Hello,
I use LightWave 3D to create a set of characters that are simple talking heads. Composited in Mirage and edited in VT4, it's all bitmap images. You can see a sample here:
Subversive Entertainment
That version was intended for TV but isn't going to sell. I'd like to try it as an animated editorial cartoon embedded in a Flash player at online newspapers. But when I compress the video it doesn't convert as cleanly as I know a direct Flash file would. I'd like to import the image sequences into Flash and converting them to symbols(?) or movie clips(?) or(?)...
What would be the best way to handle the image sequences in Flash? They are currently 180 frames long for each character, but I could reduce the image sequence to as little as 60 frames. Once the image sequence is converted to a set of symbols(?) they would be re-used over and over.
I imported a 180 frame image sequence and it put one image on each frame in the Flash timeline. How would I convert that entire image seqence to a sequence of symbols(?) that I could re-use. When I exported it as a movie it made a .swf file that looks great but I don't think that's what I want to work with within Flash. (I'll create a differnt background in FLash as well.)
Whew,
Hope this made sense.
TW
Edited: 06/19/2007 at 11:31:56 AM by tomwood2
Adobe > Flash General Discussion
Posted on: 06/19/2007 11:29:00 AM
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